Where Do You Fall On The Continuum?

So, in class we've kind of been discussing the idea of a continuum, saying that although there are diagnosable disorders, it is not that black and white. If dyslexia is only a diagnosis for some people, then why do you and I also confuse letters every once and awhile? There is a continuum for every single aspect of our lives. Speaking abilities, coordinations, hearing, writing, and all of the others. Some of us are extremely capable at writing the alphabet 200 times in a minute while some might mix up S, T, U, and V a couple of times, whereas some of us would not even be able to get beyong a few letters - that is the continuum.

Let's go on and see about some of these aphasias, dyslexias, and dysgraphias.

APHASIAS

PURE WORD DEAFNESS - this is a deficit in the area of recognition. The people can hear everything you say but for some reason they cannot understand a word. This is thought to be a cause of damage to the left temporal lobe.

AUTOPAGNOSIA - This is kind of along the lines of comprehension. They are unable to name body parts. Not that they do not know what they are, they do, they just can't find the correct name.

ANOMIC - this alon the same lines, they cannot find the correct word for many things. So they speak in what is termed circomlutions, meaning they speak around what their trying to get at. Saying the rest of the sentence to get around having to find the correct word. Returning to the continuum, I know I have done that plenty of times.

DYSLEXIAS

SURFACE - in this type, people have a hard time reading, like, seeing a word and not being able to recognize it by its shape, etc. But they can still sound it out and get the correct word.

PHONOLOGICAL - on the other hand, this type makes it hard for them to sound it out, meaning that new words would be very difficult and nonsense words would be almost impossible.

WORDFORM - this is a type where it is impossible for them to do either of those two forms.

DIRECT - This is much different from the other three, with the Direct form, they can read aloud with ease but have no idea what they are reading.

DYSGRAPHIAS

MOTOR - These people have difficulty with writing certain letters or numbers, meaning the actual motor movment of writing of them.

SPELLING -

Phonological - cannot sound out words to be able to spell them.
Orthographic - cannot write irregular words like "half" or "busy, will come out like "haff" or "bizzy".

These more severe types, falling at the extreme end of the continuum, can be caused from developmental errors, strokes and many other things. Curious about Dyslexia? Try the Academy of Orton - Gillingham Practitioners and Educators

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